Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): The US state of Virginia has executed a 30-year-old convicted murderer and rapist by lethal injection, despite objections from the drug manufacturer.
Jerry Jackson was put to death for the murder and rape of 88-year-old Ruth Phillips, the BBC reports.
A shortage of drugs used in past US executions has forced Virginia authorities to rely on an epilepsy drug manufactured by Danish firm Lundbeck.
The drugs that were used to execute Jackson were obtained before Lundbeck imposed strict controls on the distribution of pentobarbital, a drug used to treat severe epilepsy.
The company has strongly objected to its product's use in capital punishment, and has restricted distribution in an attempt to keep it out of prison death chambers.
Jackson was convicted and condemned to death in 2002 on two counts of capital murder, rape and other charges relating to the death of Phillips.
His execution came amid a global effort by drug manufacturers to prevent their products from being used in US executions, whether for moral, regulatory or public relations concerns, the report said. (ANI)
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